Graduate Council Minutes
For meeting held Monday, February 05, 2024

PRESENT: David G. Allen, Tim Barth, Gina Bombola, Danielle Brimo-Picanes, Sunny Farhadi, Lynn Flahive, Todd Kerstetter, Jan Lacina, Melissa Laird, Suzy Lockwood, Johnny Nhan, Julie O’Neil, Esther Paik, Ashley Tull, Kara Vuic, David Weltman, Tiffany Wendt, Peter Worthing, Jackie Zhuang

ABSENT: David E. Allen, Gary Boehm, Annie Cowden, Lori Diel, Amber Esping, Dan Jian, Matt Hale, Carmen Kynard, Bonnie Lucero, Nicole Mancone-Fisher, Elizabeth Plummer, Floyd Wormley

GUESTS: Victoria Chen, Justin Guinn, Andrew Hadlock, Ross House, Joshua Kai, Scott Salzman, Nishala Silva

The meeting was called to order at 3:00 pm with Dr. Johnny Nhan presiding.

CONSENT AGENDA – All items were approved

I. Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences

Proposal for Change in Existing Course(s):

KINE 50104 – Change in course description and title
KINE 50214 – Change in course description and title
KINE 55023 – Change in course description and title
COSD 55373 – Drop course
COSD 60213 – Drop course
COSD 60243 – Drop course

REGULAR AGENDA – all items were approved unless indicated

I. College of Education

Proposal for New Course:

EDHE 69223 – Advocacy and Activism in Higher Education

Proposal for Change in Program:

EDSP-MED – Change in program description and addition of electives

II. Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences

Proposal for New Course(s):

HCHS 80243 – Measurement Methods and Instrumentation – approved with edits
KINE 60113 – Statistics in Kinesiology – approved with edits  

Proposal for New Program: Nursing

DNP to PhD Nursing Bridge Program – Tabled until the next meeting

Graduate Studies

Discussion – Auditing graduate classes – pricing – decisions Tabled
Full-time status for graduate students – Tabled